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A New Brain[]

Stage Musical (1998)
Music and Lyrics: William Finn, Book: James Lapine.

Synopsis[]

This is a semi-autobiographical musical about Gordon Schwinn, a fictitious songwriter afflicted with a rare life-threatening arteriovenous malformation of the brain. He writes songs for Mr Bungee, a children's TV entertainer, but when his illness takes hold, he floats in and out of reality, and fantasizes that Mr Bungee is a frog prince. The illness has a profound effect not only on himself, but also upon everyone around him, including his mother, his male lover, his female best friend, and the nurse who looks after him.

Links[]

StageAgent.com
Musical Heaven

Reviews[]

New York Times Review
CurtainUp Review
Review Journal
NY Theatre Review
Tufts Daily Review
Talkin' Broadway Los Angeles Review
Talkin' Broadway Washington DC Review
Yale Herald Review
Uptown Players Review
Musicals101.com Review

Audio[]

Interview with William Finn

Video[]

Sailing
I Feel So Much Spring
And They're Off
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